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Wilson Spruce Picea wilsonii
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Botanical Name:
Picea wilsonii
Common Name:
Wilson Spruce
Germination Test Type:
Cut
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
6
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In Stock: 0.12 lb
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Characteristics
Evergreen
Timber
Bonsai
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Growing Info:
Scarification:
Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours
Stratification:
none required
Germination:
sow seed 1/16" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed
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Comments:
Dense habit, light green foliage; cones 1 1/2-2 1/2"; Wyman mentions a 50-year-old tree 20' tall, 20' wide; 1/2" needles; native to China
Picea wilsonii is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. It is found only in China .
Trees to 50 m tall and 130 cm dbh, with a pyramidal crown. Bark gray, irregularly flaking. Branchlets yellowish green or yellowish gray, turning pale gray or brownish gray; glabrous. Leaves directed forward on upper side of branchlets, spreading on lower side, quadrangular-linear, straight or slightly curved, broadly quadrangular in cross section, 8-13×1.2-1.7 mm, with 4-5 stomatal lines along each surface; apex acuminate. Seed cones maturing yellow-brown, ovoid, 5-8×2.5-4 cm. Seed scales obovate, 14-17×10-14 mm, exposed part not striate, apex variable. Seeds obovoid, 3-4 mm, with an 8-11 mm pale brown wing. Pollination April, seed maturity October (Wu and Raven 1999).
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